Imogen Faires

Imogen Faires
Born (2002-04-21) 21 April 2002
London Borough of Newham
Years active2012–present

Imogen Catherine M. Faires (born 2002) is an English actress and poet. She began her career as a child actress on the West End, and in the BBC One drama Dickensian (2015–2016) and the ITV series Marcella (2016–2018). She has since appeared in the BBC One series Wild Cherry (2025).[1]

Early life and education

Faires was born in the London Borough of Newham.[2] Faires is Catholic and attended St Edward's Catholic Primary School in Upton Park.[3] She completed sixth form at the BRIT School.[4] She took classes at the Step Up Music Theatre School and joined the DMA Foundation.[5]

Career

Around age nine or ten, Faires made her West End debut as Young Nala in The Lion King.[4] She also modeled for Boden and Adidas.[6] In 2015, Faires made her television debut with guest appearances in episodes of the BBC Three sitcom Uncle and the CBBC series The Dumping Ground. That year, she landed her first major role as Nell Trent in the BBC One drama Dickensian.[7][8] The following year, Faires began playing Emma Buckland in the ITV detective noir series Marcella.[9] She also had guest roles in the sitcom So Awkward and the anthology series Creeped Out, both on CBBC.[10]

After completing sixth form in 2020, Faires returned to television with a lead role as the titular character of the Nickelodeon UK series Goldie's Oldies in 2021.[11][12] That same year, she voiced Young Mel Medarda in the animated series Arcane.[13]

Faires appeared in a 2024 episode of the BBC One medical soap opera Casualty.[14] She appeared in the BBC One series Wild Cherry in November 2025.[15]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Uncle Willow 1 episode
2015 The Dumping Ground Chanelle Episode: "Goodbye Girl"
2015–2016 Dickensian Nell Trent 11 episodes
2016–2018 Marcella Emma Backland 11 episodes
2016 So Awkward Scarlet Episode: "Totes Emosh"
2019 Creeped Out Kiera Episode: "No Filter"
2021 Goldie's Oldies Goldie Glickman-Park Lead role
2021 Arcane Young Mel Medarda Voice role, episode: "Oil and Water"
2024 Casualty Tilly Matthews Episode: "System Failure"
2025 Wild Cherry Grace Main role

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
2012 The Lion King Young Nala Lyceum Theatre, London

References

  1. ^ Mangan, Lucy (15 November 2025). "Wild Cherry review – this fun, trashy thriller seems to have spent most of its budget on clothes". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Imogen Faires". Criticless. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  3. ^ "St Edward's alumna Imogen Faires shines as one of Britain's talented actresses". Newham Deanery Youth Community News. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  4. ^ a b "What's On - Kid's Drama Club!". Poplar Union. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Our Talent". DMA Foundation. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Imogen Faires: Credits, Bio, News & More". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Nell - Dickensian". BBC One. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  8. ^ Wright, Jonathan (12 February 2016). "Dickensian – the riskiest show on primetime TV". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  9. ^ "Imogen Faires". TresA Magazine. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Programme Index: Imogen Faires". BBC Archive. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  11. ^ Bex (4 March 2021). "Nickelodeon – Bex chats Grandparents and Bucket Lists with Goldie's Oldies star Imogen Faires". Kidz Cool Lit. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  12. ^ Cicciotti, Grazia (10 June 2021). "'Goldie's Oldies' Imogen Faires: «Gli Oldies mi hanno insegnato a ridere di tutto»". Revenews (in Italian). Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  13. ^ "Cast of Arcane". Soap Central. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  14. ^ Reilly, Elaine (18 March 2024). "Casualty spoilers: Rash Masum's sets fire to the ED in SHOCKING double-bill". What to Watch. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  15. ^ Hibbs, James (21 February 2025). "House of the Dragon and True Detective stars in first look at new BBC mother-daughter drama". Radio Times. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
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